Yardstick-support.



J. A. BERCHTOLD;

YARDSTICK SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1,1914.

atented June 15, 915. v

WITNESSES INVENTOR j I l JO/MI/ fl. 5 66 619701? Mme: M By "UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN AILZBERTIBEBCHTOLD, or SIGEL, ILLINOIS.

Yanps'rlcx-surron'r.

Specification of Letters Batent.

- Patented June 15,1915.

Aa i i e as 1 .4- "semes To duel/ham it may concern v I Be'it lmown thatL'Jomv A. Bnnomonn,

a citizenoi the United States, and a resident or Si'g'l, at the countyof Shelby and State to have the yardstick continually in place foruseand out of the way when not actually being used.

ducle a yard stick support provided with supporting members, each havingasu'bstantially pivotally mounted member telescoping over a' swingingmember whereby the yard stick may" be'rais'ed and lowered, and moved.-back and forth'for adjusting the saniieito aii I I 8,,jtogetherconstituting a longitudinal su' operative and inoperative position.

In carrying outthe object of the invention a yard stick ispro'videdformed with the usual graduations. This yard stick is con? i nected witha sliding member which in turn top of the counter.

is slidingly supported by a pivotally mounted or spring member arrangedbeneath the counter or other support whereby the yard Stink membertmaybe placed beneaththe counter or moved to a position flush with the Inthe accompanying drawings Figureal is a perspective view of part of thecounter and a yard stick support embodying the invention appliedthereto; Fig. 2 is a sectional viewthrough Fig. 1, approximately on line22; Fig. 3 is a sectional view similar to Fig." 2, except that the yardstick is shown beneath the counter; Fig. 4' is-an enlarged detail planview of the support for the yard ck; an ts-i5" is d afl dimgm rysectional view of a structure forming part of the support shown in Fig.4. I

A counter is shown at l, and connected with it are two telescopicbrackets designated as 2 and 3. These brackets carry a other object ofthe inventionis to pro--' i Fig. 2.. Th trip rbvided with an upwardlyextend ng portion 7 towhich the yard stick is secured by fa'stemngs 6,which in this instance arescrews.

An arm'8 is mounted upon a bearing 9, and is adapted to swing-relativelyto the latter. A leaf spring 10, carried by the bearing 9, engages theslide 5 and tends to maintain the latter in horizontal position.

The bearing 9, is integral with a plate 11, the

por'tingmember for the yard stick 4, may e broughtinto such angularposition relati' vely to' the counter l as to support the yard i. 3..adjusting boltlb serves the purpose orfanntipm stop for preventingexcessive upwardltravel of the-yard stick.

The'tensmn of the springs 10 and 6" is so adiiisted that,when thepartsoccupy the positions indicated in Fig. 3, the u per surfacelofthpyardstick t rests fius against the adiacentlpwer surface of thecounter.

n. a yia my d vi e toe un s o fe'rent thickness, the bolt 13 is adjustedas 'lhe-operation of my device is as follows: The partsbeing assembledand, arranged as described, the yard stick isused by either stretchingthe goods alongside of it as the goods rest upon the counter, or byshifting. the yard stick laterally outwardly from the counter, theslides 5 moving bodily outwardly and thus facilitating this purpose.

It will be seen from Fig. i that the slide 5 is guided by the ears 5 and5", and is limited in its sliding or reciprocatory movenent by the ears5 engaging the respective the extreme outward movement andthe ex--shoulders 5 and 5, said shoulders I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is as follows 1. In a support of the class described, thecombinationwith a table and a yard stick support designed to :bearranged along one edge thereof and flush with the top, and alsoarranged beneath the counter, of a spring pressed support, a slidingmember connected with said spring pressed support, an. up-

" standing member arranged on said sliding member for spacing said yardstick above said support, and a stop for limiting the upward swmgingmovement of said swinging member so as to stop the upward movement ofsa1d yard st1ck when moved to a pos1t1on flush with the top of thecounter.

2. In a yard stick support,'the combination with a counter or othersupporting member, of a spring pressed swinging arm, a sliding armarranged on said swinging arm and adapted to move longitudinally thereofso that the end of the sliding arm may be arranged beneath .saidcounter-or project therebeyond, a stop for limiting the swingingmovement of said swinging arm and sliding member toward-the counter, anda hinged spring pressed stick support ar- -'ranged adjacent the end ofsaid sliding member so as to press said yard stick against the edge ofsaid counter when the end of Said 'sliding'member has been moved to aposition beyond said counter.

3. I 'a supporting device for yard sticks, the combination with acounter of a spring pressed swinging arm connected at one end withsaidcounter on the lower side, and designed to have the free end yieldin a direction substantially at right angles to the counter, a slidingmember arranged on said arm and designed to move transversely of thecounter so that the outer end thereof will move toward and from the edgeo f the counter, and means for connecting a yard stick with the outerend of said sliding support, said meansbeing spring pressed so as tohold said stick against said counter when moved flush therewith by saidswinging arm.

4. In a support for yard sticks, the com-' bination with a counter, of aplurality of supports, each of sa1d supports comprising a swinging armconnected'toone side of the counter and free to swing at the outer end,Y

asliding member arranged on each arm and formed wlth means for gu1dmgthe same in a back and forth movement on sa1d swinging arm, and a yardstick connected with the outer ends of said sliding members.

5. In a yard stick support of the class described, a spring pressedswinging arm formed with shoulders intermediate its length, aslidingstrip arranged'on said arm and formed .with substantiallyencircling ears designed to engage said shoulders for.

limiting the sliding movementof said sliding member in one direction,means for limiting the swinging movement of said resilient member in onedirection, and means for pivotally connecting the yard stick with saidswinging arm.

6. In a yard stick support, the combina tion of a counter, a slidingsupport fora yard stick, a swinging support for said sliding support andan adjustable stop connected with said swinging support, and adapted toengage said counter forlimiting the movement of said sliding support andthe action of said swinging support in a direction toward the upper faceof the counter whereby said sliding support may be moved transversely ofthe counter and then at right angles to the plane of the counter so asto position a yard stick connected with the sliding support flush withthe counter and beneath the counter, at will.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two.subscribing witnesses.

JOHN ALBERT. BERGHTOLD.

WVitnesses: I

J os. B. GIER, I BERTHA M. BEnoH'roLD.

